Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1945 — Page 6

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widow came to a hedge-bordered | garden on Memorial day to pray, for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a casualty of world war IL They brought a wreath of flowers from President Truman. The soldiers were West Point cadets and officers. Théy were joined. by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. At ‘11 a. m, Col Clayton E.| Wheat, former West Point chap-| lain, prayed briefly over the un-| marked grave of Mr. Roosevelt. “0 God, our Heavenly Father, we give Thee our heartfelt thanks for all those who have laid down their lives in the service of our country —espedially Franklin Delano Roose-

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“Grant him the perpetual light of | Thy presence, that he may go from! strength to strength, and that the influence of his earthly lifé may continue to bear rich-fruit in the] hearts of all men everywhere who love truth, liberty and an equal opportunity to live the more abun-| dant life.” -Brig. Gen. George Honnen, com- |

Mustangs Save | Sub From Japs

IWO JIMA, May 31 (U. P).— Three P-51 Mustangs were escorting B-29s on a Tokyo. stfike when they received a radio call

| for, help from an American sub-

marine being menaced by three Jap picket boats. A few minutes later the Jap

boats were lying dead—burningin the water after being raked by guns. : The planes immediately got a message from the submarine commander: \ “Boys, we love you!” The ‘incident was related by “1st Lt. John FP. Galbraith, Silver Springs, Md., as. press censorship relaxed for the first time on many

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Axis for. Rumor British Are Unwelcome. By RAY COLL JR.

United Press Staff Correspondent ABOARD - H. 'M. “8. KING | GEORGE, GUAM, May 28° (De|layed by Censor)—Admiral Chester | W.! Nimitz. welcomed the British

{fleet to the Pacific today and de- | nounced “irresponsible” statements | that the United States resented its

— —————r THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Squad of Cadets and Widow NIMITZ 6LAD OF Visit Grave at Hyde Park HYDE PARK, N. Y., May 31 (U. and placed Mr. Truman's wreath. P.).—Ten soldiers and a lonely The West Point bugler sounded

taps, and a moment later the squire Blames of Hyde Park was alone in his fa-|

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Kaiser Awaits

| O. K. on Starting New Production

OAKLAND, Cal, May 31 (U. P.).—Shipbuilding: Czar Henry J. Kaiser said today he was await ing only a government o. Kk. be fore moving into new production fields. Kaiser, who has been 'conferring on ‘total post-war employment” with President R. J. Thomas of the United Automobile Workers (C.1.0), said he already had completed several models of a new lightweight car as well as four types of private airplanes. . “Our plans have and always

| presence. | “As a person of some responsibilities in the Pacific, I can dssure you [that those statements were without | [ foundation,” he said in an ex- | temporaneous speech to British officers and men-on the quarterdeck

will be flexible and influenced by the conditions which arise,” Kaiser said.

decision on Kaiser-interest expansion, he said, was the pend-

of this ship. “From the very beginning, we| have welcomed ‘Your coming. We| | welcomed “your help and we will | [continue to welcome your help.” | The 35.000-ton British battleship | King George V, escorted by the | {new destroyers Troubridge, Tena- | | clous and Termagent, brought Vice | {Admrial Sir Bernard Rawlings here today for conferences with Nimitz. | Rawlings Is Commander | The subject of the conferencest was not disclosed, but they pre-| sumably dealt with future Anglo-| American operations.

commander of ‘the British Pacific fleet task force. An announcement disclosed that] among British warships participating in recent attacks on the Sakishima islands south of Okinawa] were the 30,000-ton carrier Inde- | fatigable, the 8000-ton Canadian cruiser Uganda and the 8000-tsn New Zealand cruiser Gambia. Many other British warships were known to be in the Pacific, | possibly including the - battleship | Howe which arrived in Australia in| December, and more were en route. | Blames Axis for Rumor A second announcement revealed-| that ‘Guam’s Apra harbor, where the King George V dropped anchor, has beeni converted into a great naval stronghold for the allies. Before Dec: 7, 1941, Apra could handle only a couple of ships. Now its | anchorages behind . an imposing! breakwater care for the biggest capital ships and hundreds of other vessels. Nimitz, in his talk aboard thej King George V, attributed stories of American resentment over Britain's presence in the Pacific war to axis inspiration. He said it was a common axis device to plant stories | tending to drive a wedge among the United Nations. , Nimitz said the British fleet's attacks on the Sakishimas had kept Japanese suicide units “off - our necks, and off the necks of helpless ships that beaches of Okinawa unloading, giving fire support, carrying on all the | missions that had to be carried out | while we were trying to get the | airfields activated and 80 ashore.”

SAYS MOST DISABLED VETS EMPLOYABLE

CHICAGQ, May 31 (U. PJ).

abled servicemen are employable, Millard W. Rice, Washington, .D. C,, national service director of the Disabled American Veterans, said today. | Speaking to state veterans em-| ployment representatives of the United States employment service, | Rice predicted, however, that disabled veterans will never constitute more than 4 per cent of the total number of employables in the

| country

| “All of them can be accorded the | opportunity for suitable, useful em- { ployment without .disrupting the empléyment situation,” he said,

AVIATION EDITOR |

FEARS RED TAPE &

DALLAS, Tex., May 31 (U. P).— { Robert H. Wood, Washington, edi{tor of Aviation News magazine, told [the - first session of the annual | Aeronautical Trade society meeting | yesterday “federal red. tape” |may prevent hoped for expansion of flying in the post-war

that

years. . Wood said that federal ‘regulations tended to keep prices of light airplanes and - aviation ' instruction at relatively high levels.

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{ ing reconversion of his $110,000

Fontana, Cal, steel. plant to a peacétime basis. The Reconstruction Finance Corp. has been asked loan from private banks to keep, ownership of the plant in Kaiser's hands. Thomas said that he had urged Kaiser to enter the automotive industry to guarantee employment throughout the nation.

Germans Help

12TH ARMY GROUP HDQ., Germany, May 31 (U. P).— The defeated Germans have solved their meat shortage in some instances better than <dispatches from home indicate America has done, German butcher shops have organized and now they send agents into the country to buy up meat. When the meat is brought in, it is distributed among all the butcher shops. Military government officials said that is only one example of how the Germans in the past two weeks have gone to work to get themselves back on their feet. They. are sullen, but they are working, and trying to solve their problems. :

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BOND BUYING IN STATE IS SLOW]

Trimble Expresses ‘Concern Over Continued Lag. |

A continued lag” in bond pur-| 'chases in Indianapolis and over| [the county and state in the “Mighty | Seventh™ drive today brought an | expression of concern from William | H. Trimble, chairman of the Marion! lcounty war finance committee. | Commenting on the present slow {buying pace, Mr. Trimble said “I {am .confident that the purchase of |E bonds will increase in volume as! {more persons realize that the Japs| [lose ground every time an E bond [18 bought.” |

Sales of E bonds in Marion coun- |

[ty through ths second week of the | campaign were $7,314,001.25, against, {a $19,054,400 quota. Total individual (sales for the county were $9,757, 1162.25 while the assigned quota is $33,102,800. | Sales ‘throughout the state reflected the same slow climb, with E bond sales standing at $43,800,000 and individual sales at $63,400,000 against respective quctas of $104,- | 000,000 and $167,000,000. | | On the brighter side, “Mighty| | Seventh” sales in the Indianapolis | Zionist district had- mounted to {more than $300,000, Cantor -Myro, LGlass, district drive chairman, re- | ported. :

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